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Thecocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine J Oxfo Sepkoski's reference number: 2,830].

It was assigned to Thecocyathinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Thecocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Thecocyathus Wells p. F421
2002Thecocyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyThecocyathinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThecocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Thecocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Thecocyathus collignoni Alloiteau 1958
Thecocyathus tintinnabulum Goldfuss 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available